For Kristin Kouri, the two hours after a tornado struck her hometown felt like three weeks. That’s because the Illinois State University junior couldn’t reach her family immediately after the twister leveled their neighborhood in Washington one year ago.
For Kristin Kouri, the two hours after a tornado struck her hometown last year felt like three weeks. That’s because the Illinois State sophomore couldn’t reach her family immediately after the twister leveled their neighborhood in Washington.
Alumna Erin Templeton has spent the past two months putting her life back together after losing her home in the Washington tornado. Now she’s replaced some of the most treasured possessions she lost.
It’s Finals Week at Illinois State, but at least 50 students are making time to travel to hard-hit Washington, Illinois, to help the community with tornado damage cleanup.
Administrative Technologies employees pulled together to help victims of the November 17 tornado.
Illinois State alum Sean Johnson’s family home was one of several hundred destroyed or damaged in Washington, Illinois, where one person also was killed in Sunday’s storms.
Illinois State seniors Calvin Lynch and Nick Streicher couldn’t sleep.
From debris removal to boarding up homes to cheering up a child who lost his best friend, the two seniors say their two days in Moore were life-changing.
